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…I’ve come to realize that the term “microlearning” has become somewhat meaningless in the literature. Yet, there is something valuable about a well-designed microlesson that we need to identify and understand. Microlessons have tremendous appeal. They are ubiquitous on YouTube, TikTok and other platforms and they’re wonderful for informal, just-in-time learning applications…
A new job, with a new company, is an exciting time. In many cases, the person hired has been selected over dozens, even hundreds, of other applicants. But finding the best candidate is only part of the process to build an effective workforce. The onboarding process is crucial…
Let's say you'll get ₹500 if you score full marks on a quiz about the five longest rivers that flow through India.
You will be given the material you need. It will be available in three forms:
A passage containing five paragraphs, each paragraph describing one river
An outline of the above, with headings and bullet points
A matrix
….If I were you, I would choose the matrix, even though it appears to have the least number of words. Why?
The purpose of this series of blog posts is to highlight three potentially useful connections between these research areas: selective attention (discussed in an earlier blog post), encoding/deep processing (the topic of this post), and retrieval practice (new post coming soon!).
Students have immediate access to their work on a smartphone. According to Pew research [1], 85% of Americans own a smartphone, with that large number increasing to 96% for adults ages 18-29. College students universally own smartphones. Kara Sage in her research on college student use and …
